Notice2024-16432
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Child Support Annual Data Report and Instructions (OCSS-157) (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0177)
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Published
July 26, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Child Support Annual Data Report and Instructions (OCSS-157), with minor revisions, for an additional three years. The current OMB approval expires on March 31, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 60642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16432]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Child Support Annual
Data Report and Instructions (OCSS-157) (Office of Management and
Budget #: 0970-0177)
AGENCY: Office of Child Support Services; Administration for Children
and Families; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Child Support Services (OCSS), is requesting the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to approve the Child Support Annual Data Report and
Instructions (OCSS-157), with minor revisions, for an additional three
years. The current OMB approval expires on March 31, 2025.
DATES: Comments due September 24, 2024. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting
public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection
described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4a23242c25292526262f293e2325240a2b292c64222239642d253c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6900070f060a0605050c0a1d00060729080a0f4701011a470e061f">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: States must annually provide OCSS with information on
their case inventory, performance status, and accomplishments in the
following areas: paternity establishment; services requested and
provided; medical support; collections due and distributed; staff;
program expenditures; non-cooperation and good cause; and
administrative enforcement. The information collected from the OCSS-157
allows OCSS to (1) report child support activities to Congress as
required by law; (2) calculate states' incentive measures for
performance and assess performance indicators used in the program; and
(3) help OCSS monitor and evaluate state child support programs. OCSS
made minor revisions to the instructions and report to make them easier
for the respondents to understand and complete. Additionally, OCSS
updated the name of the federal child support office from the Office of
Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to the Office of Child Support
Services (OCSS).
Respondents: State Child Support Agencies
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Total number of annual Average annual Annual burden
Information collection instrument annual responses per burden hour per hours
respondents respondent response
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OCSS Annual Data Report and Instructions 54 1 7 378
(OCSS-157).................................
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Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on:
(a) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 652(a)and(g)and 669
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-16432 Filed 7-25-24; 8:45 am]
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